2009 Speedway Grand Prix

The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season will be the fifteenth season in the Speedway Grand Prix era and is used to determine the Speedway World Champion. It is the third series under the promotion of IMG.

Qualification

For the 2008 season, there will be 15 permanent riders, to be joined at each Grand Prix by one wild card and two track reserves.

2008 Grand Prix

The top 8 riders from the 2008 championship were to qualify as of right. These 8 qualifiers are, in championship order:

Last round will be 11 October 2007.
* Nicki Pedersen
* Jason Crump
* Greg Hancock
* Tomasz Gollob
* Hans Andersen
* Leigh Adams

Grand Prix Challenge

They will be joined by 3 riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Challenge. These riders are, in order by qualifying position:

* Kenneth Bjerre
* Grzegorz Walasek
* Sebastian Ułamek

Nominations

The final 4 riders were nominated by series promoters, Benfield Sports International, following the completion of the 2008 season.

Riders were nominated after season in October/November 2008.

2009 Riders

Calendar

Calendar is not confirmed yet [cite web | title = Prowizoryczny kalendarz cyklu Grand Prix 2009 | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl| date = 2008-10-06 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/10/06/prowizoryczny-kalendarz-cyklu-grand-prix-2009/ | accessdate = 2008-10-06 ] .

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References

See also

External links

* (en) [http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgplatest/show_gp SpeedwayWorld.tv - SGP news]